Psalms 139 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 139

For the choirmaster.

A Psalm

of David.

O LORD,

You have searched me

and known me.

You

know

when I sit

and when I rise;

You understand

my thoughts

from afar.

You search out

my path

and my lying down;

You are aware

of all

my ways.

Even

before a word

is on my tongue,

You know

all about it,

O LORD.

You hem me in

behind

and before;

You have laid

Your hand

upon me.

Such knowledge

is too wonderful

for me,

too lofty

for me to attain.

Where

can I go

to escape Your Spirit?

Where

can I flee

from Your presence?

If

I ascend

to the heavens,

You

are there;

if I make my bed

in Sheol,

You are there.

If I rise on

the wings

of the dawn,

if I settle

by the farthest

sea,

even

there

Your hand

will guide me;

Your right hand

will hold me fast.

If I say,

“Surely

the darkness

will hide me,

and the light

become night

around me”—

even

the darkness

is not

dark

to You,

but the night

shines

like the day,

for darkness

is as light to You.

For

You

formed

my inmost being;

You knit me together

in my mother’s

womb.

I will praise

You,

for

I am fearfully

and wonderfully made.

Marvelous

are Your works,

and I

know this

very well.

My frame

was not

hidden

from You

when

I was made

in secret,

when I was woven together

in the depths

of the earth.

Your eyes

saw

my unformed body;

all

my days

were written

in

Your book

and ordained for me

before one of them came to be.

How

precious to me

are Your thoughts,

O God,

how

vast

is their sum!

If I were to count them,

they would outnumber

the grains of sand;

when I awake,

I am still

with You.

O

God,

that You would slay

the wicked—

away

from me,

you bloodthirsty

men—

who

invoke You

with deceit;

Your enemies

take

Your name in vain.

Do I not

hate

those who hate You,

O LORD,

and detest

those who rise against You?

I hate

them with perfect

hatred;

I count them

as my enemies.

Search me,

O God,

and know

my heart;

test

me and know

my concerns.

See

if

there is any offensive

way

in me;

lead me

in the way

everlasting.

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